this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why change the way you read a clock? year/month/day hour:minute:second

You would never read a clock as minute:second:hour, which is analagous to how Americans phrase dates.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The 12-hour system is similar to this issue

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lot of people say "half passed" or "quarter 'til" and optionally include the hour.

I don't, but some people do.